AFC Players of the Week - Week 10

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AFC Players of the Week - Week 10

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STEELERS QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER, BILLS S BACCARI
RAMBO &

PATRIOTS K STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI NAMED AFC PLAYERS OF
WEEK 10

Quarterback BEN ROETHLISBERGER of the Pittsburgh
Steelers, safety BACCARI RAMBO of
the Buffalo Bills and kicker STEPHEN
GOSTKOWSKI of the New England Patriots are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and
Special Teams Players of the Week for Week 10 (November 12, November 15-16),
the NFL announced today.

OFFENSE: QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER, PITTSBURGH STEELERS

Roethlisberger completed 22 of 33
passes (66.7 percent) for 379 yards with three touchdowns for a 123.2 passer
rating in the Steelers’ 30-9 win against Cleveland.

Roethlisberger, who led the league
with 379 passing yards in Week 10, did not start the game due to a foot
injury. His 379 passing yards are the most ever by a quarterback who did
not start the game, eclipsing the mark previously held by Minnesota’s WADE WILSON (374 yards on December
16, 1990).

He passed for 286 yards in the
first half, marking the second-most in the opening half of a game in his
NFL career.

Roethlisberger’s three touchdown
passes increased his season total to 10. He has now passed for at least 10
touchdowns in each of his first 12 seasons, tying Pro Football Hall of
Famer WARREN MOON for the
third-longest streak to begin a career in NFL history.

In his 12th season from Miami
(Ohio), this is Roethlisberger’s 13th Player of the Week Award, the most
of any Steelers player since the accolade was instituted in 1984, and first
since Week 2 of this season.​

DEFENSE: S BACCARI RAMBO, BUFFALO BILLS

Rambo accounted for two
forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, an interception and three tackles in the
Bills’ 22-17 win at the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football.

His first forced fumble
came during kickoff coverage in the second quarter and was returned 19 yards by
DUKE WILLIAMS for the game’s first touchdown.

His second forced fumble
came in the third quarter when he stripped the ball from CHRIS IVORY and
recovered it himself. The turnover led to a DAN CARPENTER field goal
that provided the Bills with a 22-3 lead.

Rambo ended the game with
an interception on the Jets’ final play from scrimmage with 24 seconds
remaining in the fourth quarter.

In
his third season from Georgia, this is Rambo’s first career Player of the Week
Award and first by a Bills safety since JAIRUS
BYRD in 2012 (Week 6).

Rambo
joins linebacker PRESTON BROWN (Week
3) as the second Bills defender to be named Defensive Player of the Week this
season.

SPECIAL TEAMS:
K STEPHEN GOSTKOWSKI, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

Gostkowski converted both of his field-goal
attempts, including the game-winning 54-yarder with one second remaining,
and all three PATs in the Patriots’ 27-26 win at the New York Giants.

With his game-winning field goal, Gostkowski
(264) surpassed ADAM VINATIERI (263) as the Patriots’ all-time
leader in made field goals.

Dating back to 2014, Gostkowski has converted
30 consecutive field-goal attempts, the longest streak in franchise
history.

In his 10th season from Memphis,
this is Gostkowski’s third career Player of the Week Award and marks the
second time he has been recognized this season (Week 7).

He joins Vinatieri (eight) as the only
Patriots to win at least three Special Teams Player of the Week Awards.

2015 AFC PLAYERS OF THE
WEEK

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Offense

Defense

Special Teams

Wk 1

QB Marcus
Mariota, Tennessee

CB Aqib
Talib, Denver

PR-WR Jarvis
Landry, Miami

Wk 2

QB Ben
Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh

CB Darrelle
Revis, N.Y. Jets

PR-WR Travis Benajamin,
Cleveland

Wk 3

WR A.J.
Green, Cincinnati

LB Preston
Brown, Buffalo

P Pat McAfee,
Indianapolis

Wk 4

QB Philip
Rivers, San Diego

S T.J. Ward,
Denver

K Justin
Tucker, Baltimore

Wk 5

QB Josh
McCown, Cleveland

S Mike Adams,
Indianapolis

K Mike Nugent,
Cincinnati

Wk 6

WR DeAndre
Hopkins, Houston

DE Cameron
Wake, Miami

K Chris
Boswell, Pittsburgh

Wk 7

QB Ryan
Tannehill, Miami

LB Telvin
Smith, Jacksonville

K Stephen
Gostkowski, New England

Wk 8

QB Tom Brady,
New England

DE Derek
Wolfe, Denver

K Justin
Tucker, Baltimore

Wk 9

QB Marcus
Mariota, Tennessee

CB Darius
Butler, Indianapolis

P Ryan
Quigley, N.Y. Jets

Wk 10

QB Ben
Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh

S Baccari
Rambo, Buffalo

K Stephen
Gostkowski, New England

Other nominees for AFC Offensive Player of Week 10 as
submitted by AFC clubs:

New
England quarterback TOM BRADY, who
passed for 334 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for a 92.8 passer
rating.

Pittsburgh
wide receiver ANTONIO BROWN, who had
10 catches for 139 yards and two touchdowns.

New
England tight end ROB GRONKOWSKI,
who had five catches for 113 yards and one touchdown.

Miami
quarterback RYAN TANNEHILL, who
passed for 217 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions for 94.3 passer
rating in the Dolphins’ 20-19 win at Philadelphia.

Kansas
City running back CHARCANDRICK WEST,
who had 161 scrimmage yards (69 rushing, 92 receiving) and two total touchdowns
(one rushing, one receiving) in the Chiefs’ 29-13 win at Denver.

Other nominees for AFC Defensive Player of Week 10 as
submitted by AFC clubs:

Jacksonville
cornerback DAVON HOUSE, who
notched eight tackles, two interceptions and four passes defensed in the
Jaguars’ 22-20 victory against Baltimore.

Kansas
City linebacker JUSTIN HOUSTON,
who had two sacks and three tackles.

Miami
defensive tackle NDAMUKONG SUH,
who posted eight tackles, including three tackles for a loss, and one
sack.

New York
Jets defensive end MUHAMMAD
WILKERSON, who had six tackles and two sacks against Buffalo.

Other nominee for AFC Special Teams Player of Week 10 as
submitted by AFC clubs:

Kansas
City kicker CAIRO SANTOS, who
converted five of six field-goal attempts (48, 49, 34, 33 and 50 yards) and
both PATs for 17 total points.